Best Dressed Christmas Window Competition 2016

We had a wonderful time hosting Canterbury’s second Christmas Window Competition, and the judges had so much fun soaking up the festive atmosphere. Judging took place on Saturday 3rd December with a panel of 5 judges. The windows were judged on three criteria: Festivity, Creativity/Originality and Merchandising; and each one was measured against a set standard and awarded Gold, Silver Gilt or Silver against that. See the results below!

There was also a “People’s Choice” award via social media for small, independents. The first part of this ran from Saturday 3rd to Saturday 11th December. All small, independent businesses were offered a window poster inviting the public to vote by taking a photo of their window and posting it to Twitter, Instagram or Facebookusing the hashtag #CanterburyChristmas.

The second part of People’s Choice ran from 16-19 December. All the photos we have for windows from independent businesses are on a MyCanterbury Facebook Album. The general public were invited to like and share their favourite photo. Anyone who liked and/or shared was entered into a prize draw. The idea was to raise more awareness of Canterbury’s independents and encourage more customers to take a closer look.

The results

Gold

Queen Bee Home

Fenwick

Ortwin Thyssen

The Living Lounge

Canterbury Pottery

Toni & Guy

Angels

Dumbrell’s Shop

Marlowe’s Restaurant

Cath Kidston

Luke Goldsmith
Jewellers

Sowley UK

Silver Gilt

Chaucer Bookshop

Steamer Trading

Espression Arts Café

Lakeland

925 Silver

Café St Pierre

Crabtree & Evelyn

Lullah

Cosmo China

Fat Face

Burgate Coffeehouse

Kitch

The Bishop’s Finger Pub

Teokath of London

Tiny Tim’s Tearoom

Canterbury Cathedral Shop

The Pound

Zink Studios

Fitzgerald Jewellers

Oscar & Bentleys

Anthony W Pearce Jewellers

Biketart

Jack Wills

The Three Tuns Pub

Hotel Chocolat

Nasons

The Falstaff

Refectory Kitchen

Iconic

tReds

Holistic Health Clinic

Conquest House

The Running Outlet

Jigsaw

Frocks ‘N’ Stock

Teatros Bar

Cotswold Outdoor

Jessica Kennedy

Vodafone

Dems Brasserie

Justin Richardson
Designer Jeweller

Doo-Daas Hair Salon

Age UK

Silver

Hotter Shoes

La Trappiste

Café des Amis

Herringbone Kitchens

Hardy’s Sweet Shop

Lady Penelope’s Florist

Level Up Games

Curtain Call

People’s Choice Awards

Espression Arts Café

Ortwin Thyssen Jewellery Maker

Teokath of London

The Bishop’s Finger Pub

Burgate Coffeehouse

You can browse a selection of photos on our Flickr Album and read Rachel Phipp’s Blog here.

The city looks amazing with all the festive lights and windows. Keep snapping and sharing! #CanterburyChristmas

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Canterbury Connected Business Improvement District (BID) is an independent, business-led, not-for-profit initiative voted for by the businesses of Canterbury on the 18th July 2014 to ensure continued investment in Canterbury City Centre. Our mission is to help make Canterbury a vibrant, exciting, well connected and successful business community; an attractive, clean, green, safe and enjoyable destination for customers and clients, shoppers and staff, residents, students and visitors; and a profitable place in which to do business.